Man of the Hour - Hardcover

Blauner, Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0316038172 ISBN 13: 9780316038171

Publisher: Little Brown & Co, 1999

Synopsis

Follows David Fitzgerald, a Boston teacher initially hailed as a hero in a bombing and later vilified as the bomber, as he seeks to reclaim his life and find the true malefactor

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Review:

David Fitzgerald is a 40-year-old English teacher with the rare ability to reach at least some of his students at a poor high school in Coney Island. But one who he can't reach is Nasser Hamdy, a Palestinian boy so scarred by hate that he joins with terrorists to plant a bomb in a school bus. A combination of accident and courage turns Fitzgerald into a media hero when he keeps most of his class from boarding the bus and then risks his life to rescue a pregnant teenager who got on early. But circumstantial factors quickly turn the tide and make Fitzgerald a prime suspect in the bombing. He is savaged by the system but never officially accused.

Blauner does everything well, from creating compelling scenes of urban terror, to making us believe in Fitzgerald as a gifted teacher, loving father and exhausted husband. Blauner's background as a journalist also makes the media reaction within the story instantly credible--humanising at least one member of the ravening media rat pack. --Dick Adler, Amazon.com

Review:

" A page-turner with the efficiency of a clock on a stick of dynamite." -- Michael Connelly

"Both exciting and intelligent. A compelling book about terrorism experienced at ground level." -- Scott Turow

"I highly recommend Man of the Hour" -- Richard North Patterson

"Nobody writing suspense novels does it as well. Another Blauner winner." -- James Patterson

About this edition

• Publisher: Little Brown & Co
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0316038172
• ISBN 13: 9780316038171
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 424